Douglas CBP Officers Seize $137,500 in Marijuana

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Written by Border Scope

Published: 20 August 2016

Douglas, Arizona - Customs and Border Protection officers at the Raul Hector Castro Port of Entry in Douglas, Arizona, arrested a 29-year-old man from Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico for attempting to smuggle 275 pounds of marijuana, worth an estimated $137,500, into the United States on Wednesday.

After officers referred the man for a secondary inspection of his Jeep SUV, a CBP narcotics-detection canine helped officers locate numerous packages of marijuana from various locations inside and outside of the vehicle, including the tires.

Officers seized the drugs and vehicle, and turned the subject over to Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Homeland Security Investigations.